Bill 85: Transparent and Accountable Health Care Act, 2025

This bill affects a wide range of organizations in Ontario's health care sector — hospitals, long-term care homes, air ambulance providers, community health centres, group purchasing organizations, and notably their private-sector suppliers and vendors. If you're a for-profit company that provides goods or services to these health organizations and you receive $1 million or more in public funds (directly or indirectly) in a fiscal year, you'll be subject to public sector transparency rules including executive pay caps and public disclosure of salaries over $100,000. This could impact medical equipment suppliers, staffing agencies, IT service providers, consulting firms, and other businesses that contract with publicly funded health organizations. Size matters significantly — the $1 million threshold means smaller vendors are exempt, but mid-sized and larger suppliers doing substantial business with Ontario's health system will face new compliance obligations typically reserved for public sector employers.